sustain

英[səˈsteɪn]
美[səˈsteɪn]

基本释义

vt.
维持; 支撑,支持; 遭受,忍受; 供养

词性变化

实用例句

Which planets can sustain life?

哪些行星可以维持生命的存在?

牛津词典

The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison.

家人的关爱和支持帮助他度过了狱中的岁月。

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a period of sustained economic growth

经济持续增长的时期

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a sustained attack

持续的攻击

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She managed to sustain everyone's interest until the end of her speech.

她使每个人兴趣盎然,一直听她把话讲完。

牛津词典

to sustain damage/an injury/a defeat

遭受损失;受伤;遭到失败

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The company sustained losses of millions of dollars.

公司遭受了数百万元的巨大损失。

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The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument.

这一证据过于笼统,不足以证明他的论点。

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The ice will not sustain your weight.

这冰承受不了你的体重。

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The court sustained his claim that the contract was illegal.

法庭支持他的观点,认定该合同不合法。

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Objection sustained ! (= said by a judge when a lawyer makes an objection in court)

反对成立!

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But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age...

而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。

The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.

地球上生命可以存活下来的地域范围是非常狭小的。

Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage...

那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。

A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.

一位 17 岁的游客在昨天的炸弹爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡。

The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season...

从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。

I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life...

这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。

Obviously, if the various bars sustain forces they will undergo extension or contraction.

很明显, 如果各杆受力,就会发生伸长或缩短.

辞典例句

It will enhance our competitiveness both within Hong Kong and internationally to sustain our economic growth.

提高香港内部和在国际间的竞争力,推动我们的经济持续增长.

期刊摘选

As you go to eat, commune with the species giving of their life to sustain oneself.

如果你准备进食, 请跟为你维生而贡献生命的物种交流.

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真题例句

A new Peabody study of the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K program reports that pre-K works, but the gains are not sustained through the third grade.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

marriages are hard to sustain without social or family pressures

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(士气).

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

It cannot be sustained when friends move far apart.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Some of those small mammals help to sustain such big birds as golden eagles.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet's environmental bank balance than it can sustain; we are living beyond our ecological means.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people, sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Without sustained external pressure it seems certain Mr.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

In its 1994 report, the World Bank argued that the current pension system in most countries could not be sustained in the long term.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

not be sustained in the long term

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Group exercise is one of the most effective ways to improve physical fitness and sustain a healthy lifestyle.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that? ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded : “ We do not attract what we want, but what we are.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they’d feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

A "town of culture" could be not just about the arts but about honoring a town's peculiarities-helping sustain its high street, supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people and turn it into action.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But because hard laughter is difficult to sustain, a good laugh is unlikely to have measurable benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.

2011年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they'd feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in.

2016年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Verb
  • 1. lengthen or extend in duration or space;

    "We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"

    "prolong the treatment of the patient"

    "keep up the good work"

  • 2. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);

    "She suffered a fracture in the accident"

    "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"

    "She got a bruise on her leg"

    "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

  • 3. provide with nourishment;

    "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"

    "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

  • 4. supply with necessities and support;

    "She alone sustained her family"

    "The money will sustain our good cause"

    "There's little to earn and many to keep"

  • 5. be the physical support of; carry the weight of;

    "The beam holds up the roof"

    "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"

    "What's holding that mirror?"

  • 6. admit as valid;

    "The court sustained the motion"

  • 7. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

    "his story confirmed my doubts"

    "The evidence supports the defendant"

同义词辨析

back, uphold, support, sustain, advocate

这些动词均有"支持,支援,拥护"之意。

  • back: 通常指对论点、行动、事业等的强有力支持。
  • uphold: 既可指积极努力对陷入困境者的支持,也可指给某人在行动、道义或信仰上的支持。
  • support: 含义广泛,多指在道义上或物质上支持某人,也可指对某项事业的支持。
  • sustain: 侧重指连续不断的支持。
  • advocate: 多指通过写文章或发表演说等来支持或拥护,往往暗示提倡某事或为某事辩护。

undergo, experience, sustain, suffer

这些动词均有"经历,经受,遭受"之意。

  • undergo: 多指经受艰难、痛苦、不愉快或危险等事。
  • experience: 指亲身经受或体验某事。
  • sustain: 指遭受痛苦或承受负担。
  • suffer常可与sustain通用,尤指受到损害或伤害。